Nearly there …

The stuff from Demon Tweeks arrived on Tuesday morning. Everyone moans about them but to be honest I’ve had nothing but good service from them, whenever I’ve rung they’ve been very helpful, the stuff has arrived the next day and with the 10% club membership discount they’re cheaper than the alternatives for most of the dedicated motorsport stuff. I also had an email from the MSA to say my licence is on its way back to me. Since I only sent my application last Thursday that’s pretty good too.

At the end of the season I wasn’t sure how I was going to cope with 5 months without a race weekend but as time went by I started to feel a bit can’t be bothered, especially when it was just too cold to be in the garage. Other priorities started to take over until the first race started to loom. But now I’m starting to feel enthusiastic again and am really looking forward to the Snetterton weekend. Some of the guys are testing at Snett this Friday but it’s simply too far for me, 300 miles and at least 6-7 hours in the motorhome. There is however a trackday at Llandow on Saturday and seeing as that’s only 40 minutes away and for the princely sum of £80 it would be rude not to unless the weather’s awful or I hit some unforeseen snag with the car.

Tuesday evening saw the propshaft refitted – plenty of loctite on the nuts and all marked with paint. I also fitted the new mirror.

On Wednesday I received confirmation that the club have received my entry. It turns out the All Comers race is on the Saturday, which makes a bit more of a weekend of it which is good given the distance. You can usually get into the All Comers quite late (usually on the day in fact) so I’ll wait till I’m confident the car’s sorted (i.e. after Llandow if I go) before entering. I also sorted out the motorhome insurance – I haven’t looked at the motorhome since Christmas when it was press-ganged into providing accommodation for some of the family visiting. So far as I know it doesn’t need much doing to it apart from a spring clean and restocking of cupboards. I also knocked the plastic wheel arch trim off while manoeuvring it and that needs a bit of tidying up and refitting.

Wednesday evening got the reverse motor refitted – it’s got some fairly serious duty bracketry so as a rather futile gesture I’ve drilled some holes in it. The whole lot could do with some paint but it’s a bit of a thrash dissembling it all and I couldn’t be bothered. Once that was refitted I could refit the tunnel panels. Next job was swapping the springs on the front suspension. A bit of a PITA job but with the assistance of my trusty Lidl luggage straps I managed to compress the springs. With the springs off I could give the bodies a good clean and some lubrication then reassemble with the 200lb springs.